Dallas County commissioners increased tax revenue by five percent in Fiscal Year 2022.
After receiving pushback from local officials, Land Commissioner George P. Bush is seeking a direct allocation of federal funds to Harris County.
A scoring metric that emphasized low-to-moderate income communities and costs per person resulted in significant awards for cities in Galveston County, but excluded Houston and Harris County’s government.
Voters in hurricane-ravaged Harris County overwhelmingly approved a $2.5 billion bond for flood mitigation in 2018, but a significant shortfall is forcing the county to seek additional funding.
The HUD secretary joined Rep. Dan Crenshaw and Texas Workforce Commissioner Alvarez in a ceremony designating a new EnVision resource center in Houston.
This week a federal agency sided with the State of Texas in shifting control of $1.27 billion in Hurricane Harvey recovery funds from Houston to the General Land Office.
In the ongoing legal battle between Houston and the General Land Office over Hurricane Harvey relief, the Texas Supreme Court granted a stay in favor of the state today.
Three years after Hurricane Harvey, lawmakers tell courts Houston has failed to assist homeowners promptly and urges a judge to allow the General Land Office to manage recovery funds.
The OMB budget proposal serves as a guide to Congress for what the president would like to see instituted. The last time Congress passed a budget before the fiscal year deadline was 1996.
Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro met his fundraising goal and will continue his campaign, but polls indicate he still lacks the support needed to qualify for the November debate.
